Sovereign Power | |
Native Name: | Suverēnā vara |
Abbreviation: | SV |
Leader: | Jūlija Stepaņenko |
Founders: | Jūlija Stepaņenko Ļubova Švecova Vjačeslavs Stepaņenko |
Split: | Latvia First (SV) |
Founded: | (as Sovereign Power) |
Registered: | (as Latgale Heart Union) |
Predecessor: | Law.Responsibility.Order |
Headquarters: | Rīga, Mazā Nometņu iela 44 - 6, LV-1002 |
Ideology: | Christian right Direct democracy Russian minority politics |
Position: | Right-wing |
Colours: | Purple |
European: | European Christian Political Movement |
Slogan: | «Sovereign power belongs to the people» |
Seats1 Title: | Saeima |
Seats1: | |
Website: | suverenavara.lv |
Country: | Latvia |
Sovereign Power (SV) is a populist political party in Latvia, founded on 4 July 2022 by Jūlija Stepaņenko and Ļubova Švecova.[1] [2]
Before Stepanenko led the party, it was legally registered on 24 January 2005 first as Latgale Heart Union and then as Law.Responsibility.Order .[3] [4] [5]
The party had 3 seats in the 13th Saeima of Latvia: Jūlija Stepaņenko, Ļubova Švecova and Ainārs Vilciņš, officially sitting as independents.[6] After taking part in the 2022 parliamentary election the party didn't win any seat, losing its parliamentary representation.[7] [8] [9] [10]